1185 Amateur Dual-Band Magnet Antenna

Works perfectly for my purpose

Good magnetic base looks like it will last for many years. Worked great on 2 meter Repeters not had chance to try on 70cm yet due to lockdown. Good value

works good, strong magnet

I've been a ham for a almost two decades now, and I used to travel a lot and let me tell you, I've had a bunch of mobile antennas... I don't think mag mounts are the way to go long term, if you're looking for a antenna to leave on your car year on end, any mag mount is NOT what you want to use. It will ruin the paint under and near it, the coax is exposed to the elements, and in most installs you're squashing it between a door or truck lid constantly. Do it right, drill the darn car for a NMO mount and just be done with it for it! :) OK now that I've gotten the preaching out of the way, this antenna is a great deal for the money. It's very well built, the coax looks good, the connector looks good, the antenna element itself has a nice black oxide coating on it, the setscrew it uses seems to be stainless and the base and antenna are the standard stud size that most whips use, so you can plug something else in the base, or put the antenna itself into another mount if you man up and get rid of the mag mount. You can adjust the element length or even take it out and cut it down a bit if needed. SWR was good on both bands for me out of the bag. Performance on 2m is typical for a 1/4 wave antenna, nothing magical here. 440 of course is a tiny bit of a compromise. Yea, it may have gain on 440, but it's a 3/4 wave antenna on that band, and the gain is not on the horizon, so it's useless. I've spent years using antennas just like this one on 440 and it works just fine on repeaters in town, or repeaters that are power houses on mountains and 1400ft up a tower like a few we have around here upwards of 60 miles away. But your standard 300ft high run of the mill repeater that is two towns over won't be so hot on a 3/4 wave antenna. I use a 6" 1/4 wave 440 antenna on my car a lot and it smokes dual band antennas like this at long range on 440. However this antenna, is what it is, it's a common design, works well, quality is good, and I'd buy again if I needed one.

Ich kaufe diesen Artikel sogar noch ein zweites mal, Auch interssant ist, das man die Stehwelle ( Anmerkung eines Amateurfunkers 9 sogar verstellen kann, wenn nötig. Bei mir war es perfekt eingestellt.

Really a nice looking & amazing reliable super performance antenna. Most valuable if the coaxial cable of the antenna is too bigger. Nevertheless most value for money. Rate is too much high compare from other sites but always think of genuineness.

I have had this antenna on the top of my truck now for about a year. I got my ticket back in December 2013. At first I used this with my cheap Baofeng to improve the range and got by for a couple of months in the winter just fine. I finally got a "real mobile" rig and hooked this up to my Icom 880 and have gotten very good reports. I have used this to hit local repeaters and was able to hit one about 30 miles away on 50 watts. Works on DSTAR just fine and also get descent reports on Simplex while I am mobile. I always runs 50 watts when on simplex but typically use middle power when hitting repeaters. I think I got this during Christmas last year for like $18. The magnet is very strong and the SWR readings when I checked were favorable. It is a nice quality too and the magnet is a very good size. I checked them after a few months, my great uncle gave me an older meter that would work on 2 meters. Everyone says get a Larsen and "real hams" drill holes. I would like to get a 1/2 wave antenna in the future but I will wait on that a while. It works great! Don't waste your money on the smaller ones.